A Ledyard father will have to be supervised whenever he uses a computer as he awaits trial on a child pornography charge.

James Bacon, 61, of Ledyard, was arraigned Tuesday in New London Superior Court on a charge of first-degree possession of child pornography. He faces a minimum of five years and a maximum of 20 years in prison if convicted.

Bacon is free on $100,000 bail. He was arrested Feb. 5 after an investigation by the state police Computer Crimes Unit.

Bacon told Judge Susan Handy that he lives with his wife and two children, and that although his computer has been confiscated, there are two other computers in his house.

At first Handy ordered that Bacon have no access to computers at all, but learning that he is unemployed, she modified the order to let him use a computer under supervision so he could search online for a job.

If Bacon does get a job, “I’m going to need to know what the computer situation is at that location,” Handy said.

Police said in an arrest warrant that Bacon downloaded three suspected child pornography videos between July 24 and Aug. 2. The videos depicted girls younger than 12 years old having sex with adult men, police said.

After learning Bacon’s address through his Internet service provider, state police and Ledyard police raided his home on Oct. 10. They seized his computer and an external hard drive that contained 49 videos and two images of suspected child pornography, or a total of 51 items, police said.

After being questioned, police said, Bacon gave a signed statement in which he admitted downloading child pornography and having between 45 and 55 videos. He denied in the statement, however, ever having sexual contact with a child or chatting online with one.